The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard Sen. Koch’s SB 189 on contributing to delinquency. The bill provides that the penalty for the crime of contributing to delinquency of a minor is a felony one level higher than that of the delinquent act committed by the child, except that: (1) the penalty for inducing a child to commit a Level 1 felony is a Level 1 felony; and (2) the penalty for inducing a child to commit murder is the penalty for murder.
Testimony in support of the bill was heard from the Indiana Prosecuting Attorney’s Council and the Indiana Retail Council. The bill passed 7-1.
Read the bill at https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/189.